Politics

By Sarah Ferris, Ted Barrett, Adam Cancryn, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — With Congress now tied for its longest-ever shutdown, a small group of fed-up lawmakers in Washington are furiously trying to end the standoff as soon as this week. Those members insist there’s real momentum this time. Yet the potential off-ramp doesn’t appear to

By Amy O’Kruk, Ethan Cohen, Renée Rigdon, Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and Republicans have launched an unprecedented effort this year to redraw state congressional maps to help protect the party’s narrow majority in the House ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Democrats have responded with redistricting efforts of their own, setting

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — When the Supreme Court meets Wednesday to hear oral arguments over President Donald Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs, the justices will be debating more than a controversial policy with vast implications for the global economy. It will also be deciding the limits of a president’s power – an area in

By CNN staff (CNN) — New York City voters will choose their next mayor Tuesday, closing out an eventful campaign between Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. In the months after Mamdani’s surprise Democratic primary win, the 34-year-old democratic socialist has sought to grow his base and reassure voters

By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump was heading to Florida on Friday, watching Fox News, when he saw the network run a story on how Christians were being targeted by Islamic groups in Nigeria, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The president was “immediately” angered by

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump urged New Yorkers in his strongest terms yet to vote for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the city’s mayoral race on the eve of the election. “Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice. You must vote for him, and hope

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Potential jurors who were not selected to serve in the trial of a DC man accused of throwing a sub sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer expressed deep skepticism of the federal case. A group of eight dismissed jurors spoke to CNN Monday, questioning whether any jury

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz, Devan Cole, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s personal vendetta against James Comey did not lead to his indictment, the Justice Department said in a court filing Monday, urging a judge not to throw out the charges against the former FBI director over Trump’s extraordinary social media post

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Two former employees of cybersecurity firms that sold services helping companies combat hackers have been indicted and accused of participating in a conspiracy, outside of their day jobs, to hack multiple US firms and extort them for millions of dollars. The two men are accused of deploying ransomware used

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump littered his new “60 Minutes” interview with a wide-ranging assortment of false claims, the vast majority of them previously debunked. We counted at least 18 inaccurate assertions. Trump told his usual lie that the free and fair 2020 election was stolen from him. He lied again

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is dispatching federal monitors to polling locations in New Jersey and California, two Democratic states with crucial off-year elections on Tuesday. The announcement put the decadeslong federal monitoring practice under new scrutiny, as some Democrats and voting rights activists worry that this year’s monitors